Otaru is a lovely town, and we’re glad we set aside a full-day to check out the place’s sights. The highlight for the kids again was the copious amount of snowfall, and of the lovely powdery type. Day 09’s a
We left the Otaru Aquarium after the penguin walk in time to catch the 11:45AM-ish bus ride back into Otaru Central, stopping by the Victoria Station steakhouse for lunch. After that, it was a leisurely walk – in snowfall but
Sankaku Market done; the next place on the itinerary was Otaru Aquarium where we’d spend the rest of the morning. We swing back to the bus terminal, look for station counter 3, and board bus 11. The Otaru Aquarium Pass
Day 09 is our day trip to Otaru. The forecast for Day 09 the day before reported that there would be a good chance of snow fall in Sapporo. As it turned out, snowfall started probably late night that by
For H and P, the most memorable part of our day trip out of Sapporo wasn’t the two lakes – it was a twenty minute stopover at Mushroom Kingdom Otaki, a family owned restaurant and also stop for a rest break.
Mt. Usu is an active volcano in Hokkaido, and the fact that it could blow up at any time is a reminder issued prominently as one lines up to go up via ropeway. The four eruptions since 1900 were in
Two of the popular lakes for sightseeing in Hokkaido are Shikotsu, and Toya, both of which are located in Shikotsu-Toya National Park. Both are reachable from Sapporo through good road connections, but because of the amount of driving involved –
One of Sapporo’s most famous landmarks is its Sapporo TV Tower, which sits on one end of Odori Park. The digital clocks – courtesy of Panasonic – installed on all four sides of the tower don’t just tell time: they
Armed with the new Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens from the Yodabashi camera outlet near Hokkaido University, and also this time I was checking every couple minutes to make sure that the BlackRapid sling swivel was still firmly attached to the
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